Daisy Patton
@daisypatton.bsky.social
Exploring memory and living archives, the (disabled) body, story-carrying, and social/reproductive histories.
📍Western MA
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Daisy Patton
@daisypatton.bsky.social
· Sep 20
Gardens are sanctuaries, a place that ties us to nature. The word paradise comes from Old Persian, pairidaeza (meaning enclosed garden). To be with loved ones, surrounded by the natural world—those elements drew me to this photo, as I often return to garden/nature in my collection of photos. 1/x
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This is possibly the most significant attack on trans rights in this country yet, and I can count the number of posts on my timeline about this on my hands.
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is possibly the most significant attack on trans rights in this country yet, and I can count the number of posts on my timeline about this on my hands.
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
If you're trying to dismiss this thinking "It'll die in the senate," DON'T! Sound the alarms now!
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All three seats, Cuellar (TX-28), Gonzalez (TX-34), and Davis (NC-01), are up during the midterms and can be primaried during the spring of 2026, btw.
Republicans voting against the felony national trans youth healthcare ban were Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Gabe Evans (CO), Michael Lawler (NY), Mike Kennedy (UT).
Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).
3 NVs on both sides.
Dems voting FOR the felony ban were Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC).
3 NVs on both sides.
December 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
All three seats, Cuellar (TX-28), Gonzalez (TX-34), and Davis (NC-01), are up during the midterms and can be primaried during the spring of 2026, btw.
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Hey, a reminder that eugenics is the modus operandi of this regime.
You wanna let your Senators know what you think of this. ASAP. 202-224-3121.
You wanna let your Senators know what you think of this. ASAP. 202-224-3121.
Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hey, a reminder that eugenics is the modus operandi of this regime.
You wanna let your Senators know what you think of this. ASAP. 202-224-3121.
You wanna let your Senators know what you think of this. ASAP. 202-224-3121.
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meanwhile, the US attorney general also wants to categorize trans equality activists as belonging to “designated terrorist organizations”.
a leaked Justice Department memo from December 9th added “radical gender ideology” as part of its definition of “domestic terrorism”.
a leaked Justice Department memo from December 9th added “radical gender ideology” as part of its definition of “domestic terrorism”.
December 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
meanwhile, the US attorney general also wants to categorize trans equality activists as belonging to “designated terrorist organizations”.
a leaked Justice Department memo from December 9th added “radical gender ideology” as part of its definition of “domestic terrorism”.
a leaked Justice Department memo from December 9th added “radical gender ideology” as part of its definition of “domestic terrorism”.
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folks please call your congresspeople about this ASAP, this is draconian and evil
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
folks please call your congresspeople about this ASAP, this is draconian and evil
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
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More deadly US boat strikes. Like the others, unambiguously illegal, immoral, and bad strategy.
The US government says these strikes were in the Pacific. Venezuela, as you can clearly see on the map, doesn't touch the Pacific Ocean. So whatever this is, it's not about Maduro and Venezuela.
The US government says these strikes were in the Pacific. Venezuela, as you can clearly see on the map, doesn't touch the Pacific Ocean. So whatever this is, it's not about Maduro and Venezuela.
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
More deadly US boat strikes. Like the others, unambiguously illegal, immoral, and bad strategy.
The US government says these strikes were in the Pacific. Venezuela, as you can clearly see on the map, doesn't touch the Pacific Ocean. So whatever this is, it's not about Maduro and Venezuela.
The US government says these strikes were in the Pacific. Venezuela, as you can clearly see on the map, doesn't touch the Pacific Ocean. So whatever this is, it's not about Maduro and Venezuela.
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We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
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The University of Oklahoma made headlines after a grading dispute erupted into controversy, leading OU to put instructor Mel Curth on leave.
In the process, OU has not defended Curth from targeted harassment.
Sign on to this petition to demand that OU protect principles of academic freedom.
In the process, OU has not defended Curth from targeted harassment.
Sign on to this petition to demand that OU protect principles of academic freedom.
Defend OU Instructors and Academic Freedom
Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members,
The University of Oklahoma made national headlines this month after a routine grading dispute erupted into public controversy, leading OU to ...
actionnetwork.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The University of Oklahoma made headlines after a grading dispute erupted into controversy, leading OU to put instructor Mel Curth on leave.
In the process, OU has not defended Curth from targeted harassment.
Sign on to this petition to demand that OU protect principles of academic freedom.
In the process, OU has not defended Curth from targeted harassment.
Sign on to this petition to demand that OU protect principles of academic freedom.
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Flame-keeping during the deluge of fascism is a sacred and brave thing.
Each of these menorah photos on the timeline reminds me of that
Each of these menorah photos on the timeline reminds me of that
December 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Flame-keeping during the deluge of fascism is a sacred and brave thing.
Each of these menorah photos on the timeline reminds me of that
Each of these menorah photos on the timeline reminds me of that
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The girls are in a race against time. The deadline is closing in and they’re still very far from their goal.
If you can, please please please contribute — every little bit helps!
#KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid
gofund.me/721eb4a5e
If you can, please please please contribute — every little bit helps!
#KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid
gofund.me/721eb4a5e
Donate to Support Two Sudanese Medical Students In Their Final Year, organized by Barah Elrashid
Salam!
We’re Braah Alrashid and Hibatallah Suleiman, … Barah Elrashid needs your support for Support Two Sudanese Medical Students In Their Final Year
gofund.me
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The girls are in a race against time. The deadline is closing in and they’re still very far from their goal.
If you can, please please please contribute — every little bit helps!
#KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid
gofund.me/721eb4a5e
If you can, please please please contribute — every little bit helps!
#KeepEyesOnSudan #mutualaid
gofund.me/721eb4a5e
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres's Untitled (Death by Gun) is a stack of posters listing the more than 460 people killed by firearms during a single week in 1989. Viewers are invited to take a poster as the stack is constantly replenished www.moma.org/collection/w...
June 14, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Felix Gonzalez-Torres's Untitled (Death by Gun) is a stack of posters listing the more than 460 people killed by firearms during a single week in 1989. Viewers are invited to take a poster as the stack is constantly replenished www.moma.org/collection/w...
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The Trump-Vance admin has been committing illegal strike after illegal strike. They're trying to normalize it.
They're counting on you to lose track, to be too overwhelmed to remember the gravity of what they're doing.
But we're keeping track of every single strike.
So far: 22 strikes. 87 killed.
They're counting on you to lose track, to be too overwhelmed to remember the gravity of what they're doing.
But we're keeping track of every single strike.
So far: 22 strikes. 87 killed.
Tracking Every US Strike on Boats in the Caribbean and Pacific
The Trump administration is committing illegal strike after illegal strike. Don’t look away, and don’t lose track.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Trump-Vance admin has been committing illegal strike after illegal strike. They're trying to normalize it.
They're counting on you to lose track, to be too overwhelmed to remember the gravity of what they're doing.
But we're keeping track of every single strike.
So far: 22 strikes. 87 killed.
They're counting on you to lose track, to be too overwhelmed to remember the gravity of what they're doing.
But we're keeping track of every single strike.
So far: 22 strikes. 87 killed.
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Oh this is a really great idea and generally those are "use it or lose it" so what a great way to use it!
This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.
December 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Oh this is a really great idea and generally those are "use it or lose it" so what a great way to use it!
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
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***REPOST FROM SAMEER PROJECT***
🚨🚨WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨🚨 The rain and flooding from Storm Byron has wreaked havoc on Gaza. Families are without shelter, without warmth. The death count is now up to 14 people in the past 24 hours. Preventable deaths!! chuffed.org/project/1491...
🚨🚨WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨🚨 The rain and flooding from Storm Byron has wreaked havoc on Gaza. Families are without shelter, without warmth. The death count is now up to 14 people in the past 24 hours. Preventable deaths!! chuffed.org/project/1491...
December 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
***REPOST FROM SAMEER PROJECT***
🚨🚨WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨🚨 The rain and flooding from Storm Byron has wreaked havoc on Gaza. Families are without shelter, without warmth. The death count is now up to 14 people in the past 24 hours. Preventable deaths!! chuffed.org/project/1491...
🚨🚨WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨🚨 The rain and flooding from Storm Byron has wreaked havoc on Gaza. Families are without shelter, without warmth. The death count is now up to 14 people in the past 24 hours. Preventable deaths!! chuffed.org/project/1491...
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Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online.
What a joke.
What a joke.
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For 1.5 million Palestinians living under plastic sheets, Storm Byron means more than bad weather.
Gaza's displaced face storm disaster with almost nothing
For 1.5 million Palestinians living under plastic sheets, Storm Byron means more than bad weather.
www.aljazeera.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
For 1.5 million Palestinians living under plastic sheets, Storm Byron means more than bad weather.
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Using climate collapse to “cull the planet” was always the fascists plan for dealing with climate change and if the world does not wake up to that reality we will be crushed underneath the world they are attempting to build on the ashes of democracy and shared humanity.
December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Using climate collapse to “cull the planet” was always the fascists plan for dealing with climate change and if the world does not wake up to that reality we will be crushed underneath the world they are attempting to build on the ashes of democracy and shared humanity.
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America is the only country actively trying to kill its citizens while also asking them to feed as many words and images of themselves into a program before death so their avatars can be owned forever in a data center poisoning what was once their people's land.
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
America is the only country actively trying to kill its citizens while also asking them to feed as many words and images of themselves into a program before death so their avatars can be owned forever in a data center poisoning what was once their people's land.
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Grieving loss is one of the things that is fundamental to the human condition and a necessary activity to process and accept loss; creating opportunities and technologies to delay or deny experiencing grief (or loss itself) is deeply anti-human and anti-reality.
AI products that do a shitty impression of someone’s dead loved one for money are some of the most depraved and sadistic forms of “big tech innovation” that I’ve seen. Like the emotional manipulation and disrespecting the dead IS the product
December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Grieving loss is one of the things that is fundamental to the human condition and a necessary activity to process and accept loss; creating opportunities and technologies to delay or deny experiencing grief (or loss itself) is deeply anti-human and anti-reality.
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I was gonna do that thing where I repost this and just say "Oh". As in here is some important info that is fucked up but ultimately unsurprising.
Then I realized my neighborhood is actually featured in this piece. 😔
Then I realized my neighborhood is actually featured in this piece. 😔
"Big Tech and data center developers appear to be siting data centers in vulnerable communities...These locations show a troubling trend - they primarily impact working class and Black and Latine communities."
The Unequal Burden of Data Centers - Kapor Foundation
An examination of the Environmental and Public Health Impacts on Communities in California
kaporfoundation.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I was gonna do that thing where I repost this and just say "Oh". As in here is some important info that is fucked up but ultimately unsurprising.
Then I realized my neighborhood is actually featured in this piece. 😔
Then I realized my neighborhood is actually featured in this piece. 😔
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KOSA is back along with 17 other dangerous censorship and surveillance laws that congress is trying to ram through.
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
December 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
KOSA is back along with 17 other dangerous censorship and surveillance laws that congress is trying to ram through.
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
CALL UR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND TELL THEM
—no KOSA
—do not repeal Section 230
—no online digital ID laws
—no age verification laws
CALL NOW!!!! We are about to lose the internet
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I need y'alls help with another toy drive. This one is for the children of incarcerated parents. Can we bring some joy to these families?
We're about 75 toys & teen gifts to our goal for parents at Cook County Jail. Thank you! Info & ways to donate:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I need y'alls help with another toy drive. This one is for the children of incarcerated parents. Can we bring some joy to these families?
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Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.